| Publication |
London, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2011.
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| Description |
72pRed spine
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| Series |
DK Eyewitness
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| Summary/Abstract |
City examines urban life in many of the world's most fascinating, fast-paced cities, taking readers from the suburbs and shanty towns, to high-rise business districts, showing how cities grow and function.
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| Contents |
What is a city?
The first towns
Where and why?
Spires and domes
Eternal cities
Forgotten cities
Walls and towers
Trade and industry
Cities at War
City zones
Urban anatomy
High-rise
Urban sprawl
People pressure
Come together
The city at work
Under our feet
Supplying the city
Running the city
Landmarks and symbols
Open spaces
Metropolitan arts
Sporting life
Festival
The city never sleeps
Battling the elements
In the danger zone
Cities of the future
Top 10 cities
Sights and monuments
Cities by numbers
Glosary
Index
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| Standard Number |
9781405345330 Pb.
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